Passive Smoking (Hansard, 20 March 2003)

HC Deb 20 March 2003 vol 401 cc927-8W 927W

§ Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effects on workers of passive smoking in the workplace. [99358]
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§ Mrs. Calton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans the Government have to assess the number of workers exposed to second hand smoke in the workplace. [99982]

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown
Research by the Department of Health's Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health (SCOTH) into the general effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is continuing.
The results of a survey on smoking behaviour and attitudes, undertaken by the Office for National Statistics in 2002, are due to be published on behalf of the Department of Health this summer.